#5597BB#5597BB

#5597BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.086 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5597BB
RGB	rgb(85, 151, 187)
HSL	hsl(201, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(201, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, -10.68, -25.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 27.29, 246.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% -0.0506 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.086 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7792, 27.6503, 51.0880)
Luminance	0.2765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5597BB #BB7955

analogous

#55BBAC #5597BB #5564BB

triadic

#5597BB #BB5597 #97BB55

tetradic

#5597BB #AC55BB #BB7955 #64BB55

square

#5597BB #AC55BB #BB7955 #64BB55

split-complementary

#5597BB #BB5564 #BBAC55

monochromatic

#2B546B #3C7797 #5597BB #81B2CC #ACCCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#5597BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#5597BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5597BB

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5597BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5597BB	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8696BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5597bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 151, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.086 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb5cf',
    500: '#5597bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5597bb;
$custom-light: #8cb5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5597bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64695,
    "c": 0.08635,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5597BB

secondary

#CCAFA0

accent

#8155D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1113

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5597BB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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